"Please grab your child and cuddle them today and tell them how much you love them because they're precious and you never know when tomorrow will never come.

"Lucas was my life, my soul, my everything. We were as close as a mother and son could ever be.

"From the moment I held my baby boy in my arms, to the young man he had become, my proudest moments were telling people he was mine."

'MY WORLD'

Ms Marshall explained she had been making lunch and nagging the boys to help clean when Lucas fell.

They had been staying in a holiday apartment owned by Lucas's father and Ms Marshall's ex-husband Gary Briscoe.

Ms Marshall said: "What should have been the final day of an amazing holiday ended up being the worst day of my life.

"I lost my world, my everything, when Lucas went over the balcony. A fall, a jump, a slip, a moment of silliness, boyish behaviour, annoyed at his mum for nagging him over hoovering.

"I will never know. But what I do know one million per cent is that if Lucas had truly known the repercussions of climbing over, he wouldn't have wanted that. He wouldn't have wanted to leave this world. Not yet."

The street where the tragedy happened on the Costa Del SolCredit: Solarpix

His grief-stricken dad Gary, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, has now flown to Spain in the wake of the

tragedy.

He spoke of his devastation overnight, writing alongside a photo of him and his son which he posted on social media.

“I am absolutely heartbroken to lose my wonderful, talented, beautiful son at such a young age.

“Anyone who has children please cherish every moment with them.”

He later also paid tribute saying: "Lucas was a memorable character - funny, outgoing, sociable - he is going to leave a big hole in a lot of lives.

"He packed so much into his 12 years and lived it to the full. I am devastated.

"No-one expects to say goodbye to a child and not in circumstances like this. We are devastated at losing our precious, vibrant and loving son."

Paramedics were called to the scene but were unable to save Lucas following the holiday tragedy in the resort loved by Brit tourists.

The tragedy happened on Alberto Morgenstern street around 1.30pm local time on Tuesday.

Local reports said those that raised the alarm had spoken of an “accidental fall.”

“We are offering support to the family of a British child who has died in Fuengirola,” said a Foreign Office spokesman.

“Our thoughts are with them at this very difficult time and Foreign Office staff are in contact with the Spanish police.”

Police have taken routine statements from his mum and the friend and sources have stressed there is nothing to indicate foul play.

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A 13-year-old boy fell off the sixth floor of this apartment block in Costa Del SolCredit: Alamy

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